Beet dumping and screening apparatus.



. PATBNTED SEPT. s, 1907. 1.. T, CARSON.

BENT DUMPrNG-"AND SCREENING ANPARATUS.

APPLIUATION FILED Nov. a, 1aoG.-

` SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 865,235. r PATENTED SEPT. 3, 1907. L. T. CARSON.

BEBT DUMPING AND SCREENING APPARATUS. APPLIUATION FILED Nov. s, 1906.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

No. 865,235. PATBNTBD SEPT. 8, 1907.

L. TQCARSON.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

. UITED fN STATES PATENT OFFICE.

vLOUIS THGARSON, O F FORT COLLINS, (JOLORADO.r

EET .'DMPING AND SCREENING APPARATUS.

No. semer.`

.transfer o'fsugar beets from cars to "wagons accomplished with very expensive and' cumbersome mechanism..

The object omy'invention is to simplify the construction of the mechanism so that the apparatus 15e erected with comparatively small cost and yet iwill `beeilcient w transfer the beets from the wagon lo the cars, at the-same time screening the beets andl returning the dirt and other foreign matter to the wagon to be hauled away. Heretofore the dirt was allowed Y 1to accumulate around the apparatus or would have to i be shoveled into wagons, and hauled away at intervals.

`termine the weight of the b eets.

These objects I attainl in the 'following manner, reference being. had 'toy the accompanying drawings, in

Figure 1, is a sectional-elevation-on the line 1-l,

Fig.` 3, showing the tilting chute in position to receive a load of 'beets rom'a wagon; Fig. 2, is a view: showing 4the position in which the' tilting chute is placed when the beets are being screened and transferred to the car; Fig. 3, isa viewlooking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, omitting the car, and Fig. 4, is a view of a portion of the apparatus showing the position of the chute when the dirt is returned to the wagon.

A is the frame of the apparatus, preferably built of wood, lint it may be built ofstructural iron work if desired.

. B is the tilting `chute pivotedat Ii the frame Ak so that it can be rocked to assume either of the two positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The tilting chute B has a hopper B at one end to receive the load of beets from a wagon C of any of the usual types used in con- 'veying beets to cars. The wagon in the present 'instance consists of a running gear c and abody c pivoted to the running gear at c, and thee body can be l tilted by connecting the free side of the body to a rope c" which passes around a drum c of a windlass C secured to the framework A. The side oi the body c is i arranged so as to fall down ont/o' the side walls oi the hopper B', as indicated in Fig. l, allowing the beets to roll by gravity into the hopper. The hopper may be designed to hold one or more wagon loads of beets,

Specification of Letters Patent. Appunti@ nea November 8,1906. 'sessi No. 342,446.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

depending upon the size of the wagons and the size of the hopper.

E, E are scales having a platform e and a frame c inclosing' the beam and indicating mechanism. This platform e is directly back of the tilting chute, as indicated in Fig. l, so that the wagon can be weighed while in front of the hopper. The wagon remaining on `the scales until the beets are transferred to the cars and the dirt is returned to the wagon, after which the `wagon with the dirt in it is weighed and the difference is'the weight of the beets.

D is the car into which the beets are to be dumped and this car is mounted on a suitable truck d and travels on rails d. The car can be of any ordinary type and so designed that it will readily receive the beets from the tilting chute B. 1f the apparatus is situated on the banks of a canal or along a waterway then in place of the car any suitable barge or vessel may be used to receive the beets or, in some instances, n

instead of the car a wagon may be used where it is wished to transfer the beetsfrom one wagon to ang formed by a metallic plate g in the present instance.

This receptacle is closed at the forward end and open at the rear, forming a spout. When the device is tilted to the position shown in Fig. 2, the beets roll over the surface of the screen and the dirt adhering to the beets is knocked off and passes through the screen into the receptacle G. The dirt accumulates in this receptacle until the beets are linally discharged into the car, tlren'W into the wagon, after which it is lowered to the position shown in Fig. l, to receive a load of beets, the Wagon in the meantime being moved off of the scales and another wagon can take its place.

The mechanism for tilting the chute B consists in the present instance of a slide l connected to the rear end of the chute by a link b. The slide is mounted on a vertical bar l attached to the frame A so that it is free v tio slide vertically on this bar.

i, i are pulleys mounted on the slide l and m is a rope attached at m which passes around the pulley t' on the slide I and around a pulley m2 in a fixed position on the frame down to 4a pulley m3 at the base of the frame to the drum s of a windlass S, preferably of the hand type. On winding this rope m around the drum of the windlass S the tilting chute B will be raised from ln order to return the chute B to the position shown in Fig. l, l provide n. rope n which is attached at n to 'the lower portion of the frame A and this rope passes around the pulley i on the slidel l and returns around a pulley; 11.`v to the drnni s. l preferably arrange the ropes on the druni s so that when the windlass is turned in one direction onor-ope is wound on the drinn and the oi lier rope is paid out.` And While in seine instances ii single set ol ropes may be used either at one side or the other ol' the ironic, l preferably use two seis oi' ropes und two drums7 as indicated clearly in Fig. 3, ns it Will be understood that this structure is preferably designed to handle lroni one ton to five tons of beets at one tilting.

The reci/ing of the ropes muy be inodiiied without departing ironi thc essential feature oi' the invention, as this will depend considerably upon the locatioiroi the apparatus and while l have shown s particular design oi frame A which lmay be used in erecting the structure, this may be modified considerably without departing from the invention.

l preferably provide 2i stop a for the tilting chute B when yin its raised position, so that, the device will not be tilted to such an angle :is to prevent the ihorougl'i screening of the beets from the dirt. I

l claim:-M

1. The combination in u dunipine; und screening appurziius, oi' n i'rnnie. a chute pivoicd to the frame, Suid chute having u screen, a receptacle under the screen, said chute being; open to allow themnterinl to dischzirge :it one end thereof, said receptucle being open :it the end opposite the open end of tbe chute to allow Llie screenings to discharge fr oni the receptacle when the chute is tilted after dischnrg'ing, substantially us described. l

2. 'llhe combination in a dumping and screening apparnius, of :1 fraineLa chute pivoted to the frame, u screen .in the chute, ai receptacle under the screen, i1 hopper at one end ot tbe chute, said chute open at tbe opposite end, the.

' receptacle closed at the discharge end of the chute and open ut the receiving: end so that the screenings are not discharged until the chute tilted to receive another load, substantially as described,

Ii. The combination of a irqme, zi chute pvoted to the frame. having n hopper with ai closed bottom nt one end and Open at the opposite end, a screen extending from the bottom' of the hopper to the discharge end, zi screenings rcceptucle carried by the chute directly under the screen. said receptacle being closed :it the discharge Iend of tii'e chute and open at the hopper end, substantially as described.

4, 'llie combination in a dumping und screening; apparatus, of a frame, zi' chute pvoi'ed to the frame, the bottom of the chute being formed of u screen, a. receptacle carried by the chute and situated directly `under the screen, Suid receptacle being closed :it the discharge end of the chute and open at the feed end, n platform :it one end of the structure upon which a wagon can be run, said platform being; in such n position that the chute when tilted will receive :i loud from the wagon and when the contents of tlie chute are discharged :1nd ille chute tilted to its orig- .inni position the screenings will ow into the wagon, substantially us described.

5, The combination of ati-aime, a chute pivoed to the freine sind arranged to receive materiell nt one end antidiscliarge the material from the other end, n verticalguide on their-ame, a slide on the guide, a link connecting the slide with the chute. and means for causing the slide to travel other will lie-paid out, thus causing the slide te move on its guide to tilt the chute, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, i have signed iny name to rhis specification, in 'the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS T. VARSON.

Witnesses z Roi' C. Cinsssu'nm..A l5. A. GAGE. 

